How true Lexi, some people just never learn and don't know how to respect rules.. Too bad.. Life goes on...

Lexi:”I don't think anyone is suggesting that the forum be sanitized to the extent that the life goes out of it. And I very much doubt if this will ever happen here because of the diversity of its strong-minded posters.”

Just a little strong minded though and minuscule amounts of passion, modestly intolerant, a diminutive agenda, a tad bigoted, a modicum of abuse and only a touch racism or bias?

This thread is a bit like the broadening of abuse definitions happening now in Australia. Once you start deciding and defining how a conversation should go or an opinion should be presented or a debate be controlled there really is no end to the rules expanding until we decide everything is unacceptable.

But here we are trying to classify how to give opinions without inviting moderation on this site. No one has yet suggested zero moderation from what I have read.

More importantly might be the appropriate vehicle for the defense, explanation and or being allowed to question moderation.

No site is obligated to do this, I understand that

Sqeers,

Very clever ... what a shame you didn't elaborate ... Undoubtedly at some point some readers would "forget' the satirical context ... Feathers and other bibs 'n' bobs would be ruffled. Then ...

Would Graham delete:

"XYZ is a @@!xxx@ and also +*%##@@, devoid of &$%%! I suggest he/she/it *$##@ ##*@@ and then *#@@()@@ !!" ?

The virulence, or not, of this comment would depend upon the OLO reader's imagination.
Some might even try and 'decode' it ... Again it might develop into a socio-linguistic form
specific to OLO readers ... OLO readers privy to the arcane meaning of each grouping.

Anyhow, ... it would be a good opportunity to practice on those under-used numberical upper cases.

I apologise if I am not contributing to the topic ... however, I think others have more adquately made excellent comments and suggestions

I resorted to more exclamations in the example above, however, the ever-beady-eyed
OLO program told me *&@@ off.

danielle wrote/quote..<<XYZ is a >>
ok i got a fair idea who x is...and am sure i have met y
but...mizzter..'z'...has got me flumoxed

i think i know the..<'@">...means a capital..[big pain in the butt]
but unsure of the double use<<@@!>..and the exclamaition POINT

but see no reason for the three kiss's..<<xxx@>
and the 'a'..in a hole..[circular reasoning?]
back handed compliment..backdoor kiss-of?

but your quote..[rant?..continues..<<and also +*%##@@,>>
this i feel was uncalled for...

i will agree..most may not grasp the meaning
but should know all generalisations..throw dispersions upon us all

i realise you possably meant to say..##,@@
not..<##@@,>...but feel you should be more carfull..about the use of the pause...as i usually read..','...as pausing for breath

your also getting rather caried away
when you ascribe...[as a generalisation..the majority..as being..<<devoid of &$%%!>>..some of us never* mix business and leasure

it is gladly recognoised..you return to the specifics
when you wrote/quote,..<<.. I suggest he/she/it *$##@>>
but feel you should have used the '!"...before expanding...with..<<##*@@>>

after all x and y might have realised...
but im sure z missed it completly...but it seems
this was more aimed at z..?..<<and then *#@@(..>>..insert z here?..<<)@@ !!

then you failed to relay..who you were quoting...[quote..<<" ?>

so excuse me if im as confused as the rest

anyhow...i note by your post histry..that you were highly provoked
and believe me...i will be advising grayham..of z

[and x and y...had better be warned as well]

i can hear you sniggering..x
<we>..are..*^watching^*...
..>you*

right mate
thats one day

you want more?

i thought not

[having too much fun being me]

oug

You were partly right.

But you have taken serious liberties with my text.

Perhaps you are *### ...

I am not sure if I forgive you. Possibly in time ...

Others OLO may, of course, support you. But they ()&## and undoubtedly *##@@ ...

oug

I apologise. I misread your message. Please forgive.